Alcoholic Marriage: Later Start, Sooner End

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 632-642

  Waldron, Mary ^a,b   Heath, Andrew C ^b   Lynskey, Michael T ^b   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Genetic Risks; Marital Onset; Marital Survival

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953049586     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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